Under a Modern Sun: Art in Queensland 1930s–1950s

266 Under a Modern Sun: Art in Queensland 1930s–1950s 267 Betty Quelhurst Australia QLD 1919–2008 The convenience store, Breakfast Creek 1955 Oil on canvas 55 x 76cm Gift of the artist through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 1997 pp.22–3, 100 Arthur Evan Read Australia VIC/NSW/QLD 1911–78 The barber’s shop 1955 Oil on plywood 56 x 76.2cm Purchased 1955 p.229 The cane town 1955 Oil on plywood 78.5 x 105.7cm Acquired 1955. H.C. Richards Memorial Prize (winning entry) pp.47, 227 North of Capricorn 1956–57 Oil on plywood 91 x 183.2cm Gift of Mr W. Hecht 1960 pp.12–13, 208, 228 Cotje Reydon The Netherlands/Australia QLD 1887–1971 Table runner c.1930s Woven wool with dark brown, ochre, gold, dark green and beige stripes 184 x 28.5cm Gift of Dr S. Clipsham 1987 pp.246–7 Joy Roggenkamp Australia QLD 1928–99 Church at Sandgate c.1949 Watercolour and gouache on buff wove paper 34 x 39cm Gift of Ross McCowan in memory of his wife Joy Roggenkamp through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation 2013. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program pp.65, 102–3 (Desiccated horse carcass sitting up) (from ‘Drought photographs’ series) 1952, printed 2011 Archival inkjet print on paper, ed. 8/10 42 x 30cm Purchased 2011. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation pp.17, 158 (Horse carcass legs akimbo) (from ‘Drought photographs’ series) 1952, printed 2011 Archival inkjet print on paper, ed. 8/10 42 x 30cm Purchased 2011. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation p.159 (Horse carcass with legs in the air) (from ‘Drought photographs’ series) 1952, printed 2011 Archival inkjet print on paper, ed. 8/10 42 x 30cm Purchased 2011. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation p.159 (Horse head on ground) (from ‘Drought photographs’ series) 1952, printed 2011 Archival inkjet print on paper, ed. 8/10 42 x 30cm Purchased 2011. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation p.159 Margaret Olley Australia QLD/NSW 1923–2011 Allamandas I c.1955–58 Oil on canvas 75 x 92.3cm Purchased 1961 pp.21, 84 Geoffrey Powell (Artist) Australia NSW/QLD 1918–89 Max Dupain & Associates, Sydney (Printer) (Construction of Story Bridge, Brisbane) 1939, printed 2005 Gelatin silver photograph, ed. 5/25 50.5 x 39.5cm Purchased 2005 pp.54, 126 Escaped convict 1948 Oil-based enamel on hardboard 122 x 91.5cm Purchased 2024. The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Charitable Trust Collection: The Josephine Ulrick and Win Schubert Charitable Trust, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art pp.14, 163 (Birdsville Hotel) (from ‘Drought photographs’ series) 1952, printed 2011 Archival inkjet print on paper, ed. 8/10 42 x 30cm Purchased 2011. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation p.158 (Calf carcass in tree) (from ‘Drought photographs’ series) 1952, printed 2011 Archival inkjet print on paper, ed. 8/10 42 x 30cm Purchased 2011. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation pp.17, 158 (Camp beds) (from ‘Drought photographs’ series) 1952, printed 2011 Archival inkjet print on paper, ed. 8/10 42 x 30cm Purchased 2011. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation p.158 (Cow carcass and cow skull) (from ‘Drought photographs’ series) 1952, printed 2011 Archival inkjet print on paper, ed. 8/10 42 x 30cm Purchased 2011. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation p.159 (Cow skull balanced on hooves 1) (from ‘Drought photographs’ series) 1952, printed 2011 Archival inkjet print on paper, ed. 8/10 42 x 30cm Purchased 2011. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation p.159 (Dead steer with horned skull) (from ‘Drought photographs’ series) 1952, printed 2011 Archival inkjet print on paper, ed. 8/10 42 x 30cm Purchased 2011. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation p.159 Vase 1957 Stoneware, thrown with band at the shoulder incised with slash marks and ‘horse-eye’ design, stained iron; rutile blue glaze 16.2 x 10cm (diam.) Gift of Carl and Bunny McConnell 1987 p.243 Tea-set (teapot, sugar bowl and milk jug) c.1958 Stoneware, thrown cylindrical brown body with partial blue-green glaze and combed zigzag decoration on the teapot; cane handle 20.7 x 17.2 x 11.7cm (complete, including cane handle); sugar bowl: 10.4 x 9.9cm (diam.) (complete); milk jug: 7.4 x 12.3 x 8.6cm Gift of Carl and Bunny McConnell 1987 p.245 Jon Molvig Australia NSW/QLD 1923–70 (Figures on a jetty) c.1955 Pastel on paper 76.3 x 101.3cm Gift of Barbara Blackman through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation 1998 pp.44, 146 The cattle grid 1958 Oil on composition board 45.8 x 59cm Bequest of Errol Blair de Normanville Joyce OBE 1983 pp.258–9 A ballad of native stockmen no.2 1959 Oil on composition board 136.5 x 86.5cm Bequest of Errol Blair de Normanville Joyce OBE 1983 p.256 Sidney Nolan Australia/England VIC 1917–92 Mrs Fraser 1947 Oil-based enamel on hardboard 66.2 x 107cm Purchased 1995 with a special allocation from the Queensland Government. Celebrating the Queensland Art Gallery’s Centenary 1895–1995 pp.41, 160–1 The tank c.1950 Watercolour with pencil on paper 38 x 48.5cm Purchased 1999. Ivy Lillian Walton Bequest p.178 Harvesting scene c.1956 Watercolour over pencil on wove paper 38.3 x 49.9cm Purchased 1956 pp.68–9, 174 Ida Martin Australia QLD 1906–90 Long-necked vase 1936 Earthenware, hand-built bulbous vase with two handles and carved decoration; brown glaze splashed with other colours 21.5 x 17cm (diam.) Gift of the artist 1989 p.239 Daphne Mayo Australia QLD/NSW 1895–1982 Fat man 1940 Bronze, wooden base 29 x 12 x 10.4cm; 44 x 19 x 22.6cm (with base) Purchased 1981 p.254 Daphne Mayo (Artist) Australia QLD/NSW 1895–1982 Fonderia Artistica Battaglia, Milan (Foundry) Olympian c.1946, cast after 1958 Bronze 94.5 x 31.5 x 23cm Purchased 1979 pp.19, 252 Carl McConnell Australia QLD 1926–2003 Bottle c.1948–49 Earthenware, thrown with bands of incisions around body; trail decorated with two bands of lines and dots, with ovals and dots around the neck 26.2 x 11.5cm (diam.) Gift of Carl and Bunny McConnell 1987 p.244 Under the casuarinas, Maroochydore c.1938 Watercolour over pencil on wove paper 39.2 x 46.3cm Purchased 1944 pp.24, 202 Hook Island from Hayman 1938 Watercolour over pencil on paper 31.7 x 40.4cm Purchased 2002. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant pp.2–3, 200 At anchor off a Barrier Reef island c.1938–39 Watercolour with pencil on paper 39.8 x 46.8cm Gift of Revan and Nell Macqueen through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation 2018. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program p.201 Mingimarny Creek c.1939 Watercolour with gouache and pencil on wove paper 39.1 x 47.3cm Purchased 1956 p.177 The Five Mile Creek c.1939 Watercolour over pencil on wove paper 39.5 x 46.4cm Purchased 1944 p.175 Cloud arrangement c.1945 Watercolour over pencil on paper 32 x 41cm Gift of Revan and Nell Macqueen through the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Foundation 2018. Donated through the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program p.183 Contour ploughing c.1945 Watercolour with gouache over pencil on paper on cardboard 39 x 47.4cm Purchased 2001. Queensland Art Gallery Foundation Grant pp.16, 176 (Flying cloud) c.1950 Watercolour over pencil on paper 38 x 47.7cm Purchased 1999 with funds from National Australia Bank Limited through the Queensland Art Gallery Foundation p.182